Means for portioning cigarettes or other staff-shaped articles for the packeting of same



1,447,715 SHAPED ARTICLES Mar. 6, 1923.

. G. C. EKSTRO'M ET AL MEANS FOR PORTIONING TTES OR OTHER STAFF CIGARE FOR THE ,PAGKETING OF SAME Filed July '7, 1921 5 sheets-sheet -l Maz 6,1923. I 1,447,715

C EKSTROM ET AL MEANS FOR 'PORTIONING CIQARETTES OR OTHER STAFF SHAPED ARTICLES FOR THE PACKETINQ 0F SAME Filed July 7,?1921 5 sheets-sheet 2 Mar; 1923.

G. C. EKSTROM ET AL MEANS .r'on roarmnme CIGARETTES OR OTHER STAFF SHAPED ARTICLES FOR THE PACKETING OF SAME -shee't '3 5 sheets Filed Ju '2, 1921 I Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

. stares PATENT Gun-wen CHRTSTIAN 'EKSTRfiMjND GUSTAE cesmcm oesmo'cneomvra SWEDEN, AssIeNoes T0 AK rIEBone-eeeeeem erenmvs' mmsKmve -Ksmem or s'rocKHoLM; SWEDEN; ecomeonemroiw on swnnem reexamine or Application filed as '2, i921. sefiaiifo. tsetse.

T 0 allwhom it may. comm.-

, Be it known that we, Gamma EKsTnoM, a; subject. of the Kin of Sweden,

ing" is1 a. specification, referencebeing; bad,

therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention. relates to a dev ce. for

portioning cigarettes or other. staflshaped,

articles for. their. introduction into packets, boxes or the like. The present. portioningv device is adapted especially. to; such mar chines, as stated in. the U S. Letters Pat'- ent No; 1,879,254. Accordlngto the,invention the: cigarettes, etc;, are ted incur, a

magazine into a receptacle in such mannej that the. number of cigarettes, etc, in the said} receptacle always is somewhat greater than the intended portion; The said receptacle: is shaken, so that the cigarettes which do not. fil li up the: receptacle;com-- pletely, are placed in re ular rows-, located one upon" the other. K certain portion may then easily be". separated in any suitabl'el manner fromthe bulk of cigarettes, etcz, thus put in order,v which portion is. moved into; a chamber for their: introducetion into .a p'acket,.box' onthe: like;

case of cigarettes the: said chamber is pro vided with movable-walls, so that. the: cigarette's are compressed to" a compact. bundle before their introduction. into the packet,

etc. r

In the accompanying drawings Iii-g 1 shows in a front view and Fig. 2' in a side view, partially in. a vertical section. on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, a portioningand filling device arranged in accordance. with: this: in.

. vention and adapted especiallyzto cigarettes;-

Fig. 3 corresponds to Fig. 2 but showsthe. i'ee'd plunger in a different position. Fig. l shows the shape of. an. 'opening'through which the cigarettes are fed and-.zthe. feed plunger in cross section. Figs. 5 and: 61

show the chamber in which-the set. o-ffcigaret-tes is compressd with the parts in (litferent p v f" "tions', arid detail, of the plunger.

n1 Figs. 1 cigarettes" are eerie known manner frongie funnel shape. maga zine/1" lay-means of 'tlwo drums,jwhich are provided in their peripheral surfaces with grooves ancl'are rotated the directions-in cheated by the arrows and" move the cig arettesf imt the channels 33. According to the said channels communicate with. a small" receptacle; 4, into which" the C1g1;l'8tt6"S. are introducea'leavieg room fer additional. cigarettes. The side walls or the receptacle. inclihefo itw and are carrieclby arms; 6,. pivoted. at An arm 8 is; connected with. one ofitlie said arms 6' and prdvifdd with. a. holler 9 be ring. againsta which is. rotated. any, suitable manner and. at. certain intervals, shakes 'thesaid receptacle Owing to the'said shaking the cigarettes. are placed. i regtlar rows re. upon the other,v as. shown'jin Fig. 1; Them nn eta or. the side walls 5. is so adapted-,thatfeach. row of cigarettes is completeandthere isn'o irooni forfurther cigarettes therrow. If now,. for instance,

twenty cigarettes areto be, separated them.

t e-. i l ii the; eepe e e n r e e lntroducedinto. a acket. or box, a. feed open ing. jorovided in one of the end. walls of the receptacleis so, shaped',, that the bottom w; c cret ng. ewn cigar te gr arettes i'nethe. second row.- andfsevenfcige arettes. in.;tlf1e'- the bottom. ay be eje ted a i cfl e. a d Second? and; third rows; which rows comprise eight and nine, cigarettes. respectively, two cigarettes;.'in.'each-.-roware retained'in the recegtacle- This.- is effected. by. the cigarette rows beingcomplete and side-edges.-

of. thesa' d opening being so shaped, sub.-

a t lly shee dt ea W0 g r s in the second; andthii'd rows are retained duringfthe; feed: dparation. The cross section or a p e a apt mew: th 9 arettes from the receptacle 4;, isthe same as the. opening 11 and for thesaid plunger 12 anopening of substantially the same. shapeis -pr ovide clin the wall oppositeto the.

said opening;- The plunger l2 is moved Tie a top plan "means For; roterlomne ore-enemas cadre-e13; s amstem Amemseoe THE the.- r rianner state'dbelqw andpushes the set of.cigarettes-"intota chamber 14:, in which 716 ment 30 provided on the outer plunger 12 the said setis compressed to a compact bundle. The side walls 15 of the said chamber are'carried by arms 16, fixed to shafts 17. The said 'arms'are provided with toothed segments 18,- engaging each other, and to one of the shafts 17 an arm 19 is fixed, acted upon by a cam disc. 20; To the shafts 17 arms 21" are fixed, bearing againstrollers journaled on rods 22, which are movable in guides 23 and at their top ends carry a plate 24, forming the ceiling or top wall otthe chamber 14. The bottom wall of the chamber leis stationary. While the piston 12 pushes the set of cigarettes into the chainber l i, its parts have the position, shown in Fig. When the cigarettes have been put into the chamber, the cam disc 20 actuates the lever 19, Fig. 6, so that the arms 16 are swung towards each other, the arms 21 forcing simultaneously the rods22 and the plate. 24 downwards against the action of one "or more springs not shown. In this manner the set of cigarettes is compressed I in the chamber" 14:. The outer top edges of the side walls preferably are beveled and enter arecess provided in the lower side of the plate 24, so that a closed chamber round the set of cigarettes isobtained. Within the plunger 12 a second plunger 26 is provided, the shape and size of which transversely substantially correspond to the shape of the j chamber 14. To the outer plunger 12one or more springs27 is fixed,which' tends to move the plunger toward theright, Figs. 2

and 3. The inner plunger 26 is actuated by a lever 28, acted upon'tor instance by a spring and cam disc, not shown. "A pin 29 extends upwards from the plunger 26 and is movable in a longitudinal slot pro: vided'in'the plunger '12. In'the position of the parts shown in Fig; 2, the plunger 12 bears against the pin 29 of the plunger 26,

the operative or right end surfaces of the plungersbeingthe'n flush. As the lever 28 and'the inner plunger'26 are moved toward 12. The plunger 26 thus moves the compressed bundle through a mouth piece 31 and into a paper packet (box or the like), which "fronr one of the pockets provided in Ia rotatable drum 32 previously has been pushed on the said mouth piece by a piston 33 provided on a swingable arm 34, actuated in of cigarettes completelyfills up the space .any suitable manner. The cigarettes put into the said packet-,strike the closed bottom of the same and bring the packet with themselyes,so that the packet is returned into the drum. The plunger 26 is then returned by the lever-28 and returns the outer plunger 12 by means of the pin 29, s'o'that the parts again occupy theposition shown in v Fig. 2. The drum 32 is then rotated until the next pocket together with the packet located in the same'is placed in front ofthe mouth piece. During the rotary motion of the drum the packet is closedin any suitable manner.

By means of this invention each packet is filled with a complete number of cigarettes. Y

The inventionmay evidently be modified v inv many respects 7 without exceeding the limits oi' the same. m

.We claim: s

l. A- device for portioning-cigarettes or other staff-shaped articles including a receptacle, means to introduce cigarettes into the said receptacle in suchquantities thatthe number of cigarettes in the receptacle. always is only somewhat greater than the intended portion, means to. shake the receptacle to place the cigarettes in. regular superposed rows,so that they form a compact bulk, and an outlet opening in one side wall of thereceptaclepermittingfa distinct set of cigarettes to be moved fromthe said bulkp t 2. A device according to claim 1 char-f acterized by the fact that the sides. otthe receptacle incline outwards and upwards, the inclination being so adapted, that each row between the said sides.

3. In a device forportioning cigarettes or other staff-shaped articles .the combination of a receptacle,means to introduce cigarettes into the said-receptacle in such quantities, that the number of cigarettes always is somewhat greater than the intended portion, g

means to shakethe receptacle toplace the cigarettes inregular superposed rows,-so that they form a compact bulk,.anoutlet opening in one side wall of the receptacle, permitting the said bulk, and a chamber'into which the "cigarettes are introduced and the walls of which are movable, so that by'inoving the Walls inwards the set ofcigar'ettes is compressed previously to its introduction into a packet, box or the like adapted to receive the same.

rettes, has an inner part serving also as feed; plunger and adapted in combination withthe outer plunger to feed the cigarettes from the portioning receptacle into the compressa. distinct set of cigarettes to bemoved from.

4:. A device according. to claiinBpcharacter zed by the fact that a teedplunger, effecting theseparation of the set of c'igaw ing chamber and alone to feed the -complace the cigarettes in regular superposed 1o pressed set of cigarettes from the said cha-In- IOWS- her int th k t, 1 In testlmony whereof We have aflixed our 5. A device for portioning clgarettes inslgna'tules in Presence of two wltnesses' eluding a receptacle having an outlet open- GUNNAR CHRISTIAN EKSTRGM.

111g in one side smaller than the side of the GUSTAF (lRSTRUM. receptacle so that the receptacle may hold Witnesses;

4 more cigarettes than are ejected through the INEZ SWERsoN opening and means toshake the receptacle to STINE LARSON. 

